Captivated and disconcerted by her encounter with the high society of Bath, and introduced to the joys of gothic novels by her new friend Isabella, young Catherine Morland longs for mystery and romance, in Jane Austen's gentle satire, published posthumously in 1817 some 18 years after it was written. When Catherine is invited to stay with the beguiling Henry Tilney and his family at Northanger Abbey, she expects dark intrigue at every turn. However, the truth turns out to be even stranger than fiction. Like the other titles in this series of affordable classics, this book has been reset in fresh type. It includes a frontispiece illustration and a brief biography of the author.